Chalk is a 1973 graduate of University of Texas School of Law (J.D.), with prior M.A. (1967) and B.S. (1962) degrees from Tennessee Tech University, and A.A. degree (1956) from Freed-Hardeman College. Prior to joining in 1986 Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Fort Worth, Texas, and its predecessors, Chalk was President of Dabney Capital, Dallas, Texas (1984-86) (real estate finance), General Counsel and Vice President of LaJet, Inc., Abilene, Texas (1978-84) (petroleum refining and marketing), and a partner in Rhodes, Doscher, Chalk, & Heatherly Law Firm, Abilene, Texas (1973-78). His law practice experience includes extensive general corporate, business, and commercial transactions and litigation, oil and gas, eminent domain, post-secondary proprietary education, administrative law, healthcare, real estate, equity and debt financing, alternative dispute resolution, with international oil and gas experience, other international ventures (Europe and Central Asia), and international commercial arbitration.
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John Allen Chalk
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Recognized Since:2017
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Recognized in:ArbitrationMediation
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Languages:English
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Gender:Male
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Ethnicity:White
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Location:301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500Fort Worth, TX 76102
Chalk is a 1973 graduate of University of Texas School of Law (J.D.), with prior M.A. (1967) and B.S. (1962) degrees from Tennessee Tech University, and A.A. degree (1956) from Freed-Hardeman College. Prior to joining in 1986 Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Fort Worth, Texas, and its predecessors, Chalk was President of Dabney Capital, Dallas, Texas (1984-86) (real estate finance), General Counsel and Vice President of LaJet, Inc., Abilene, Texas (1978-84) (petroleum refining and marketing), and a partner in Rhodes, Doscher, Chalk, & Heatherly Law Firm, Abilene, Texas (1973-78). His law practice experience includes extensive general corporate, business, and commercial transactions and litigation, oil and gas, eminent domain, post-secondary proprietary education, administrative law, healthcare, real estate, equity and debt financing, alternative dispute resolution, with international oil and gas experience, other international ventures (Europe and Central Asia), and international commercial arbitration.
Lawyer Bio
Education:
- Freed-Hardeman University, AA, graduated 1956
Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1973
- District of Columbia, 1957
Affiliations:
- ADR Section of State Bar of Texas - Member and Former Chair
- American Bar Association - Member
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator
- College of Commercial Arbitrators - Fellow
- College of State Bar of Texas - Fellow
- District of Columbia Bar - Lawyer
- Mahon Inn of Court - Emeritus Master
- Tarrant County Bar Association - Former President
- Texas Academy of Distinguished Neutrals - Member
- Texas Bar Association - Lawyer
- Texas Mediator Credentialing Association - Credentialed Distinguished
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:
- Arbitration
- Mediation
Awards:
- Blackstone Award by Tarrant County Bar Association
- Go-To Arbitrator by Texas Lawyer
- The Best Lawyers in America 2017 in Arbitration
- Credentialed Distinguished by Texas Mediator Credentialing Association
- Law Scout Award by Longhorn Council of Boy Scouts of America
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Professional Associations
Admitted to Texas Bar (1973) and District of Columbia Bar (1978); Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) (2002); Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (2012); Member, American Law Institute (2009); Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, Credentialed Distinguish; Former President and Emeritus Master, Mahon Inn of Court, American Inns of Court, Fort Worth, Texas; Former Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, State Bar of Texas; Fellow, College of State Bar of Texas; Adjunct Professor, Straus Institute, Pepperdine University School of Law; Member of Neutrals Panels of American Arbitration Association, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution ("CPR"); Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; International Court of Arbitration; Resolute Systems, LLC; and American Health Lawyers ADR Service.
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Ship-Barge Dock and Tank Farm
Manage and document major planning and financing of combined ship and barge dock and ten million barrels of tank storage on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
Real Estate Financings
Negotiate and manage the successful financing of multiple real estate transactions in the Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas area.
Debt Restructuring
Assist with planning and execution of restructure of multiple major equipment and general corporate debts in the oil and gas industry.
Eminent Domain
Represented numerous property-owner clients or condemnors in pipeline and other partial and whole takings by eminent domain.
Arbitration Proceedings
Named arbitrator in approximately five hundred different commercial, business, real estate, healthcare, energy, insurance, and other arbitrations.
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